Arbitrage on a contract capped at twice the stock
Question
A contract pays at expiry and is priced at . Also available: European puts struck at (price ) and (price ), the stock at , and a bond paying at expiry for . Find the arbitrage and report the sum of positions in the order (contract) + (4-strike puts) + (2-strike puts) + (bonds), shorts negative.
Short answer
. Since , the contract equals four bonds minus two -strike puts, worth , well under . Sell , buy bonds and sell of the -strike puts: .
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